[Cialug] Dumb. Dumb Security.

Nathan C. Smith nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
Mon Aug 20 15:49:32 CDT 2012


Or TLS

Or unicorns and fairy dust.



-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Barry Von Ahsen
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:48 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Dumb. Dumb Security.

sounds like they're talking about https and/or imaps/smtps - but not what I would consider 'encrypted email'


-barry



On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Todd Walton wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unsubscribe.  No more FutureAdvisor.
> 
> I asked them to terminate my account and got this response:
> 
> "Given the ubiquity of encrypted email we've not spent the time to 
> offer finer control of email preferences. Email is 100% encrypted 
> while in our hands. Our mailing service SendGrid sends encrypted mail 
> by default and it would only be an outdated email server or email 
> client that may make your email less secure. For example Gmail became 
> encrypted by default in 2010."
> 
> I'm a techie, but not a security expert... but since when did this 
> magically encrypted Internet exist?  I'm being flippant.  But in all 
> seriousness, have things changed that much?
> 
> --
> Todd
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